Object number1938.1.53
Charles Le Brun
DateNd
Artist
Gérard Edelinck
(Flemish, active France, 1640-1707)
after
Nicolas de Largillière
(French, 1656-1746)
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 20 1/8 x 15 7/16 in. (51.12 x 39.21 cm)
Sheet: 22 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (56.83 x 43.97 cm)
Sheet: 22 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (56.83 x 43.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Reed Thompson (Mary Thaw, class of 1877)
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (LR): G. Edelinck Sculpit et ex. cum privil. Regis; (LL): N. de Largillière Pinxit
InscribedInscribed (on frame): CAROLUS LE BRUN EQUES REGIS PICTORUM PRINCEPS; (LC, on tablet): Au siécle de Louis l'heureux sort te fit naistre, Il luy falloit un Peintre. Il te falloit un maistre Qui fournist à ton art plus d'un noble dessein. Par to nous triomphons d'Athènes et de Rome. I. n'est que toy Le Brun pour peindre un si grand homme Comme Il n'est que Louis, pour occuper ca man.; (LL): (circlet with eagle) SVBLIMOR CVCTIS; (LR): (circlet with eagle) VARIOS TRAHIT INDE COLORES; (at lower margin): Offerebat Humillimus Servus Gerardus Edelinck
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